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zotting hands
 
 
 
Wang Feng
 
 
Lauds & Laurels Award Winner:
A demographer's duty
 
UCI sociologist Wang Feng's passion and purpose to create change through academic inquiry has been recognized with the 2022 Lauds & Laurels Award for Faculty Achievement
 
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Joshua Swank
 
 
Lauds & Laurels Award Winner:
No grit, no glory
 
After a tough rejection sent him reeling, Joshua Swank, political science senior and UCI Lauds and Laurels Outstanding Undergrad, has learned the value of grit and determination
 
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Pam Kessler
 
 
Lauds & Laurels Award Winner:
Get out of your comfort zone
 
Pam Kessler '88, real estate business leader, UCI Social Sciences DLS and WDLS member, and 2022 Lauds and Laurels Social Sciences Distinguished Alumnus, offers advice to current Anteaters
 
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Raj Parekh
 
 
Lauds & Laurels Award Winner:
A legacy to inspire
 
Raj Parekh, UCI Lauds and Laurels Distinguished Young Alumnus, blazed a new path at UCI
 
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Long T. Bui
 
 
A professorial perspective on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
Long Bui, UCI global and international studies, weighs in
 
 
Tiara Na'puti
 
 
UCI Podcast: Global Indigeneity
 
Tiara Na'puti, UCI global and international studies assistant professor, discusses her work with Indigenous populations in the Pacific Islands
 
 
Model Machines
 
 
Model Machines
 
Book by Long Bui, UCI global and international studies, details stereotypes, representations of Asians and Asian Americans throughout history
 
 
 
 
 
 
blurry crowd
 
 
Building the next generation of population scholars
 
UCI part of NIH-funded, multi-university effort to diversify, train undergraduate researchers
 
 
campus sign
 
 
UCI-led study finds social cohesion to be key risk factor in early COVID infections
 
Findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shed light on hidden driver of disparities in the pandemic
 
 
Tom Boellstorfft
 
 
Virtual cultures in pandemic times
 
New documentary chronicles UCI research team's efforts to understand COVID's impact on lives online
 
 
 
excellence award
 
 
Outstanding teaching award recipients in social sciences
 
Bui, Lerch and Strings honored for mentorship, teaching and innovation
 
 
 
Danika Wong
 
 
AN Podcast: Danika Wong '06, Satisfi Labs
 
Alumni Network podcast
 
 
Hina Usman
 
 
Usman named inaugural SF Fed grad student essay contest winner
 
Honor recognizes the economics Ph.D. candidate for paper on economic inequality
 
 
 
 
 
 
soc sci
in the media
 
Social sciences faculty and graduate students are consistently sought by media for their expertise in areas ranging from digital play to gender pay. Check out some of our top hits, self-authored pieces, and on-air interviews below, or visit us online for the full run down.
 
Michael Tesler

For the first time in years, democrats are more concerned about abortion than republicans are

Michael Tesler, poli sci, explains in this piece for FiveThirtyEight.
 
Sara Mednick
 
Mednick on the science of sleep
 
Ten Percent
Happier
(podcast)
 
Francesca Polletta
 
Polletta on the storytelling
craze
 
Slate
(podcast)
 
 
 
Gustavo Oliveira
 
Oliveira on baby formula shortage
 
OC Register

 
Claire Jean Kim
 
Kim on Asian American belonging
 
INSIGHT Into Diversity
 
Eve Darian-Smith

Opinion: Corporate capture

Eve Darian-Smith, global and international studies, via The News International.
 
Judy Stepan Norris
 
Stepan Norris on labor strikes
 
History
 
Samar Al-Bulushi
 
Al-Bulushi on Somalia
 
The Hill
 
 
 
Hector Tobar
 
Tobar
on LA Riots
 
New York Times
 
David Meyer
 
Meyer on climate change
 
Washington Post
 
 
 
 
event
calendar
 
 
 
 
 
 
07
 
JUNE
 
   
 
Hard Times: Routine Schedule Unpredictability, Worker Wellbeing, and What to Do About it
 
12:30-1:30 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Daniel Schneider, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
JUNE
 
   
 
Social Sciences Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony 1
 
12:45 p.m. | UCI Bren Events Center

keynote address by Akunna Onyenychi Ekeh, Baccalaureate Candidate, School of Social Sciences
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
JUNE
 
   
 
Social Sciences Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony 2
 
5:00 p.m. | UCI Bren Events Center

keynote speaker Jacqueline Mary Torres, Baccalaureate Candidate, School of Social Sciences
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
JUNE
 
   
 
UCI Graduate Hooding Ceremony
 
5:30 p.m. | UCI Bren Events Center

keynote speaker Dandan Yang, Doctoral Candidate, School of Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
JUNE
 
   
 
Politics, Violence, and Memory: New Insights on the Holocaust from Social Science
 
4:00 p.m. | Zoom (pre-registration required)

featuring Jeffrey Kopstein, Ina Levine Invitational Scholar, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
JUNE
 
   
 
UCI University-Wide Commencement
 
3:30 p.m. | Angels Stadium

keynote speaker Kal Penn, Actor, Writer and Former White House Aide
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
about
uci soc sci
 
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